Mumbai Receives Heavy Showers, Extra Anticipated In Subsequent 24 Hours

Mumbai:

Mumbai’s suburbs and neighbouring Thane district obtained over 100 mm rainfall within the final 24 hours, the IMD mentioned on Monday and predicted extra heavy showers in these areas and different components of Konkan Maharashtra.

The observatory within the Thane-Belapur Industrial Affiliation space recorded 213.four mm rainfall in the course of the 24 hours ending at eight.30 am on Monday.

India Meteorological Division (IMD) Mumbai’s Deputy Director-Common Okay S Hosalikar mentioned in a tweet, remoted heavy showers are anticipated in subsequent 24 hours.

Mumbai & round realised hvy rains with isol very hvy (>115.6 mm ) at Thane/West Suburbs in final 24 hrs at eight.30 a 6 Jul. Mumbai, Konkan, isol hvy showers nxt 24 hrs
Sat picture signifies a dense clouding on Saurashtra/Kutchh, Arabian sea. Extraordinarily Hvy RF warnings for these areas pic.twitter.com/Uq1qX8xWYY

— Okay S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) July 6, 2020

The Santacruz climate station in Mumbai’s western suburbs recorded 116.1 mm rainfall in the course of the 24 hours ending at eight.30 am on Monday, whereas the Colaba climate station in South Mumbai recorded 12.four mm downpour throughout the identical interval.

The Matheran bureau in Maharashtra’s Raigad district recorded 90 mm rainfall in the course of the 24-hour interval, whereas the Dahanu observatory in Palghar district recorded 60.three mm rain.

Apart from, the Nashik climate station reported 13.four mm rainfall, the Ratnagiri bureau and the Harnai observatory within the district recorded 5.four mm and 5.9 mm rain, respectively, and the Osmanabad district in Marathwada area of the state recorded 7.four mm downpour in the course of the interval.

Hosalikar mentioned the satellite tv for pc photographs prompt dense clouds over Saurashtra and Kutch areas in Gujarat, and warned of extraordinarily heavy rainfall in these areas.

Mumbai and different components of the Konkan area have been experiencing heavy rains since Friday.

On Sunday, the Powai lake in suburban Mumbai began overflowing after the heavy downpour.